Cognition,intelligence And Language Flashcards
The scientific study of the human mind and it’s functions
Psychology
The psychological study of higher mental processes,including thinking and perception
Cognitive psychology
What is cognition?
The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought,experience and the senses
The mental manipulation of internal representations of objects,activities,problems or situations
Thinking
Basic units of thought
Mental images
Concepts
Language(symbols)
What is synesthesia?
The production of sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense part of the body
eg. You smell trouble
Guidelines for deciding whether objects or events belong to a concept class
Conceptual rule
Oversimplification of a complex Catergory
Conceptual errors
Representative example of a concept
Prototype
What is Heuristic strategy?
Refers to any strategy of technique that aids problem solving,especially by limiting the number of possible solutions to be tried
What is known as “rule of thumb”?
Heuristic
The IDEAL problem solving technique
Identity- identify the problem
Define- define it clearly
Explore-explore possible solutions and knowledge
Act- act by trying a possible solution or hypothesis
Look-at the results and learn from them
Who proposed that insight involves 3 abilities?
Robert Sternberg and Janet Davidson
The 3 abilities if insight
Selective coding
Selective combination
Selective comparison
What does selective coding mean?
Refers to selecting information that is relevant to a problem while ignoring distraction
